Sintons Family team singled out as leading lawyers

Sintons are proud to have featured in the prestigious Doyle’s Guide 2026.

Within the Teesside and Tyneside area, Sintons have been listed as a Recommended Family and Divorce firm.

Partner and Head of the Family team at Sintons Scott Halliday has also received recognition from Doyle’s and been named as a Leading Lawyer while Senior Associate Jo Scott has been listed as a Recommended Lawyer.

The inclusion of two lawyers and the department is further proof of the dedication and expertise of Sintons’ Family Law team and Scott Halliday said: “To have our department and team members included in such an impressive list of individual lawyers and law firms is testament to the high quality of work we do for our clients and the skills of our whole hard-working department. To be listed alongside such notable lawyers is something I’m proud of and we – as a department – are all delighted. We are having a very impressive and exciting period of growth, working with extremely good clients and achieving very good outcomes.”

He went on to say: “Our Family Law Team in the last 12 months has been ranked highly in three separate independent legal directories, multiple members of the team are named in those rankings, and we have won awards. The team is doing great work, and we are truly leading in this space.”

Doyle’s Guide celebrates the best of top tier legal talent. To compile their lists, Doyle’s carries out legal performance surveys followed by rounds of interviews and also considers feedback from clients and peers.